Nearly seven months after suffering large-scale damage to its defence infrastructure during Operation Sindoor, Pakistan has once again activated over 70 terror launch pads near Jammu, the Border Security Force (BSF) has said. In the months since India’s Operation Sindoor inflicted extensive damage on Pakistani posts and terror infrastructure, security agencies say Pakistan has quietly rebuilt and reactivated 72 terror launch pads along the Jammu frontier. Senior BSF officers caution that despite Islamabad’s stated shift of such facilities to depth areas, several launch pads have resurfaced close to the International Border and the LoC, even as Pakistan restores abandoned posts and adapts to evolving tactics such as drone use. BSF Deputy Inspector General Vikram Kunwar said at a press conference Saturday that after India caused extensive damage to terror infrastructure and Pakistani border posts during Operation Sindoor, Pakistan adopted a policy to move all terror launch pads from the border to depth areas. “However, old habits die hard. Twelve terror launch pads have become active near the International Border in Pakistan’s Sialkot and Zafarwal areas. …